Chapter 9 — 10 Terms
1. Cloud Computing
Easy definition: Using the internet to store, access, or use data and programs instead of keeping everything on your own device.
🔑 Test clue: “Stored/accessed online” or “through the internet.”
2. Cookie
Easy definition: A small piece of data a website saves on your device to remember information about you.
🔑 Test clue: “Website remembers you.”
3. Cybersquatting
Easy definition: Registering a domain name that uses someone else’s trademark or name, usually to make money.
🔑 Test clue: “Someone grabs a domain to profit from another’s name/trademark.”
4. Distributed Network
Easy definition: A network where information or resources are spread across multiple computers instead of one central computer.
🔑 Test clue: “Multiple computers share the work/resources.”
5. Domain Name
Easy definition: The easy-to-remember name people use to find a website.
🔑 Test clue: “Website address/name.”
6. Goodwill
Easy definition: The value of a business’s good reputation and customer relationships.
🔑 Test clue: “Good reputation = goodwill.”
7. Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Easy definition: A company that provides people with access to the internet.
🔑 Test clue: “Provides internet access.”
8. Social Media
Easy definition: Online platforms where people create, share, and interact with content.
🔑 Test clue: “Post, share, comment, interact.”
9. Spam
Easy definition: Unwanted electronic messages, usually sent to many people.
🔑 Test clue: “Unwanted/junk messages.”
10. Typosquatting
Easy definition: Registering a domain name that is a misspelled version of a legitimate website.
🔑 Test clue: “TYPO = misspelled website.”
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